ENO in Greater Manchester

ENO have announced plans for a major new partnership between the company and the city-region of Greater Manchester.

Performances

ENO have confirmed the following productions across Greater Manchester from summer 2025.

June 2025 – ENO and The Hallé
A special performance will be presented for the Manchester Classical festival at The Bridgewater Hall in June 2025, in a collaboration between the Chorus of ENO and The Hallé.

October 2025 – Albert Herring
A newly staged version of Benjamin Britten’s classic comic ensemble opera Albert Herring at Lowry, performed with the Orchestra of ENO.

Albert Herring explores the themes of losing innocence and coming of age. In a small English town, Lady Billows and her committee are trying to find a suitable May Queen for the annual feast. With none of the young women suitable, the committee crowns Albert Herring, a shy, young greengrocer’s son, to be May King instead. The celebrations lead to an eventful evening for Albert.

February 2026 – Così fan tutte
A newly staged concert version of Mozart’s Così fan tutte with the Chorus and Orchestra of ENO, will be presented at The Bridgewater Hall.

Mozart’s comic opera centres around two young men, who have long bragged about their own happy relationships with their fiancées. Their friend, Don Alfonso, wants to challenge this and forms a plan to prove them wrong. Through a combination of mistaken identities and romantic entanglements, Così fan tutte questions human emotions and exposes how vulnerable love can be.

May 2026 – Angel’s Bone
The UK premiere of Angel’s Bone, the Pulitzer prize-winning contemporary opera by Chinese American composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek.

This dark fable explores modern-day slavery and human trafficking draws inspiration from a range of musical genres, from classical to cabaret and punk. Produced by ENO in collaboration with Factory International, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and presented at Aviva Studios.

April 2027 – Einstein on the Beach
A new experiential production presented with Factory International, Improbable and Park Avenue Armory New York of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s opera Einstein on the Beach, following the international success of Satyagraha and Akhnaten, directed by Improbable’s Phelim McDermott and premiering at Aviva Studios.

Ticket information for ENO performances in Greater Manchester will be announced soon. 

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